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You may have heard the legend that Van Halen used to demand a supply of M&Ms backstage at their concerts, with all the brown M&Ms removed. Well, it turns out the legend is true. As was recently found by The Smoking Gun, the demand was written into the band’s performance contract, and promoters were actually contractually obligated to remove the brown M&Ms. The request could easily be written off as bratty behavior of diva rock-stars, but there is more to it. Read the rest of this entry »